Another intersection is violence, a core characteristic of armed conflicts, b...

Another intersection is violence, a core characteristic of armed conflicts, but also very present in societies that supposedly live in peace. I am thinking of domestic violence, or, perhaps more dramatically, the extreme violence that Guatemalans, and especially Guatemalan women have been exposed to by the worrying ascent of organized crime, ranging from youth gangs to transnational cartels that traffic in illicit goods and services. That is also why we advocate in favor of perfecting the indicators that measure progress and achievements of resolution 1325. This is important because these results allow us to measure the number and type of causes of violence against women that have been eliminated or at least mitigated, in the framework of preventive measures, and also which are the lacunae that need to be addressed through new policies.